The CEO's Office"
Roger, I went through a thousand options in my head. Escape again, run away with you, stay and fight. But when I entered the room and saw you, there were no more exits. I just couldn't do this to you.
Ralph ... he doesn't have any restraints. If I hadn't gone with him, nothing would stop him from coming to your room and just cutting your throat. I know what he's capable of."
Roger removed her hands from his face and, put her on the couch, rising. There was too much information. Thoughts, feelings - his, her - everything was mixed in his mind.
Resentment, anger, powerlessness. He got it perfectly that at that time he was just a young student, and bound to a hospital bed too. What could he do? But the realization of his helplessness, made him want to vomit.
"What about now? You left him again, right?" - Decided to leave the self-digging for later, he asked.